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Department of Health Supervisor Takes City Vehicle to Bar for 7 Hours, Then Causes Multi-Car Crash: Officials

The man, a longtime employee of the department, was off duty at the time

A longtime supervising exterminator with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene agreed to serve an unpaid 40-day suspension for driving a city vehicle to a bar, then leaving seven hours later, allegedly intoxicated, and getting into a multi-car accident, officials say. 

The man, an employee of DOHMH for nearly a decade, was off duty at the time of the May incident, the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board said in announcing the three-way settlement Tuesday. 

It didn't appear that anyone was seriously injured in the crash; the damage to the other vehicles wasn't known, but the city vehicle was rendered inoperable and beyond repair. 

The suspension is valued at about $4,867.

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